Game



A. E. KAISER. GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. I921- 1,436,962. Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

INVENTOR filfredzjraaer Patented Nov. 28, 11922.

ALFRED E. KAISER, 0F FACTORIA, EVASHENGTON, ASEFIGIIOH, BY DIRECT ANDASSIGNEZENTS, TO ALFRED S. WITTER, 93F SEATTLE, FTASHINGTQN.

GAME.

Application filed May 28,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l-lnrnno E. KAISER, a citizen of the United Sates ofAmerica, and resident of the town of Faetoria, in the county of King andState of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Games, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to games and con sists of an apparatus having aseries of compartments or cells which open at one side and in each ofwhich is hinged a door composed of two sections placed at right anglesto each other and is designed to be used as a game in connection withmarbles or balls which are aimed at the various cells from a distance.

The object of my invention is to provide a game which will entertain andamuse.

The accompanying drawings show my invention in the form of constructionwhich I now prefer to use.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectionthrough the device showing one of thedoors in opened position.

Figure 2 is a similar section showing the same parts but with therun-way of the box opened and one of the doors closed.

Figure 3 shows in perspective the end of the device which contains therespective cells or compartments.

The essential features of my device consist of a plurality ofcompartments or cells which are open at one side and a hinged door ineach compartment so constructed and placed that it will be closed by amarble or ball running thereon. The frame comprises a floor board 1,side boards 10, a backboard 11, and if this be desired a cover board12extending over the various compartments. There are also a series ofpartitions, as 13, which divide the space included beneath the coverboard 12 into a series of compartments or cells. While I prefer to use acover board 12, this is not absolutely essential. This may be omitted.In each of these compartments is pivoted a door which is preferablymadeof thin metal and has two parts 2 and 20 which are at substantiallyright angles to each other. These are pivoted at or very close to theline joining the two parts 2 and 20 upon a horizontal pivot, as 3. Thesize of these doors is such that they substantially fill the 1921.Serial NO. 471,856.

opening but not so as to produce any friction against the sides.

I have shown the floor section. 1 being provided with sections 4. and d0which when opened form extensions thereof and which when closed as theyare shown in Figure 1, form a closure for the space between the sideboards 10 and in front of the cells. These are preferably securedtogether by means of a web or sheet, as 41, of cloth, or other fabricwhich will permit ready folding.

In use the various doors are turned so that the section 2 lies down uponthe floor board 1. In this position marbles or balls are shot at thevarious compartments with the idea of causing them to run upon one ofthe doors, strike the back part thereof which is then in verticalposition force it to the rear and raise the section 2 which was outside,thus closing the compartments and retaining the ball therein. The balls5 may be of any suitable material. The doors may have marked thereonfigures or characters indicating their scoring value and the game may beplayed with these indications determining the scores of the players andin this way determining who wins the game.

It will be noted particularly in inspecting Figures 1 and 2. that theparts 13 project somewhat in front of the top board 12. Also that thepart 2 of the door being the outer section is long enough to projectslightly above the upper edge of the partitions. It is also slightlyoutward from the outer edge of the cover board 12. This makes itpossible to easily engage with this in order to turn them down into theposition for re-playing.

lWhat I claim as my invention is:

1. A game device of the type described comprising a floor board; twonarrow boards extended vertically at the sides of the floor board:another narrow board BX- tending vertically at one end of the floorboard; short partitions set on the floor" Cir compartments so that itwill project outward in an inclined position in front of thecompartment, said pivot point being a short distance from the inner endof the flat piece of material; another flat piece of material standingin a vertical position joined to the inner end of the former flat pieceof material; objects of a suitable size which may be rolled against thevertical fiat piece of material and into the compartment; a flat pieceof material flexibly attached to the open end of the base board whichforms an end section when raised to a vertical position; a cover boardflexibly attached to the fiat piece of material; projections on the endof the cover board; and hooks on the board forming cover for thecompartments to engage the lugs on the cover board in order to fastenthe device closed.

2. A game comprising a floor plate, two upstanding side walls and a rowof chambers along one edge between said side walls opening towards theopposite edge, and separate closures for each of said chambers composedof flat plates bent so that one end is longer than the other and theangle between the two ends is a little greater than a right angle, saidclosures being pivoted at a point in the long end a short distance fromthe point at which the plates are bent so that ordinarily the short endwill be in a vertical position and the long end will extend outward onan incline, while at the same time when an object rolls up the inclineand strikes the vertical end the closure will rotate about the pivot andthe shortend will move downward inside one of the chambers while thelong end moves upward to a vertical position and closes the chamber withthe object inside.

8. A game apparatus of the type described embodying a plurality ofrectangular shaped compartments embodied in a casing composed of a floorboard, two side boards, a rear board against which the compartments areplaced, a small board forming a cover for the compartments, and a coverhinged to one edge of the floor board which when open may be used as thefloor of the game and when closed will close the entire apparatus; doorsconstructed of two flat pieces of material connected together so thatthe angle between them is a little greater than a right angle, saiddoors havingone end longer than the other; lugs on the outer side of thelonger end a short distance from the point of intersection of the twopieces of material; holes thru the lugs; and pins thru the holes whichpass thru the lower outer corners of the compartments.

l. in a apparatus of the type described a combination of a casingcomposed of a floor board, two upstanding side boards, an upstandingrear board, and a cover board hinged to the front end of the floorboard; with a row of rectangular shaped compartments between the sideboards on the bottom board and against the rear board having their endsextending in the casing open pand closures composed of fiat plates bentin the shape of an angle with one end longer than the other pivoted, ata point in the longer ends a short distance from the point at which theyare bent, in the lower outer corners of the compartments.

5. A game apparatus of the type described embodying a bottom board,vertical side boards attached to each side of the bottom board, avertical end board attached to one end of the bottom board and to thetwo ends of the side boards, small flat pieces of boards attached to theend board and to the bottom board forming compartments between the sideboards, a cover board flexibly attached to the other end of the bottomboard in'such a manner that when open it will form the floor of the gameand when closed it will form a complete cover for the game; a rod thruthe lower outer corners of the small boards; closures for thecompartments composed of an inclined member projecting outward pivotedat a point adjacent to its rear end in the lower outer corners of thecompartment, and a vertical member attached to its rear end; and objectsthat may be thrown, shot, or rolled so that they will pass along thebottom board, up the inclined member and strike the vertical memberwhich will cause the closure to rotate and the vertical member will thenlie in an inclined position in the bottom of the compartment and theinclined member in a vertical position with its end projection above thetop of the compartment and also closing the compartment with the objectinside.

6. A game apparatus of the type described comprising a casing having twosides, a rear wall, and a cover hinged to the front edge of the bottom;rectangular shaped compart ments with their outer ends open along therear wall; plates bent in the shape of angles with one end longer thanthe other, with the angle between the two ends greater than a rightangle, and pivoted at a point adjacent to the point at which they arebent in the lower outer corners of the compartments; and objects whichmay be thrown, shot or rolled into the game.

Signed at Seattle. King County, Washington this 17th day of May 1921.

ALFRED E. KAISER.

